The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-09-24

sHIu tOWu, Is ul uttcscut1 ut snlu Htut,
pray to he relieved from further consider
alton of the subject
All Of when Is respectfully submitted
Ill. NJ. GALLAGHER,
L. HICKoK,
Committee
The following report submitted by States
Attorney Moloney, was adopted:
Ur. Chdirmdn dc.
herewith transmit the result of the In.
vestigat!on of some of the members o.
your board into the affairs Of Circuit Clerk
Taylor, Recorder Arnold, and County Su
perintendent of Schools otockdaie. 1t af
lords me great pleasure to concur in It, and
70 find that there are still faithful and ell.
cent officers in La Sale county.
NJ. I. MoLoNEY, States attorney,
OTTAWA, III, Sept. IL, 1887.
To tie Hon II. T. NcIoney:
Your committee on investigation would
respectfully report that we examined the
records and reports of the Office of Circuit
Clerk Taylor, from December /, 1880, TO
December /, 1886, and found everything
correct with the exception of clerical er.
rors for which said Taylor has accounted
IN full In his last semiapnual report said
errors amounted 10 $22lOD.
Your committee beg leave TO report that
they have also examined the books and pa
pers of Recorder Stephen Arnold, from
April IA, 1879. 10 December /, 1886, and
found the same correct, with the exception
of errors in adding, which amount has been
paid over to the treasurer (said errors
amounted to S20.45)
We further bag leave TO report that We
have examined the books and papers of the
County Superintendent of Public Schools,
Mr.. StOckdale, and found them to be cor.
rect and there is now due said Mr.. Stock.
dale the sum of 2297, of this amount he
omitted to credit himself
All of which IL respectfully submitted.
MATTHIAS MAIERHOFER,
CHARLES w. BUTTERFIELD,
Committee.
Supervisor Lukins, chairman of the COM
mittee on roads and bridges, submitted the
following report, which was adopted;
Mr.. Chairman, dc:
Your committee on road and bridges
would respectfully report that they have
examined the matter of petition referred
to them from the road commissioners of
the town of Wallace, and ask to be re-
lieved from further consideration OF the
| same.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
w. III. LUKINs, Chairman.
The Chairman appointed Supervisors
Griffin, Norton, and Fischer as special
committee to investigate the subject of
heating, as provided in the resolution
adopted at yesterdays session.
The following resolution, introduced by
Supervisor Fischer, was adopted:
ReS0lced, That the County Clerk Is hereby
authorized to employ the necessary extra
clerk hire for preparing the tax books for
the year of 1887. And that the said clerk
be permitted TO draw his order to the
amount of 81, 500, in sums of 5000 each,
and that each extra clerk shall certify that
they have worked the number of days
specified in their vouchers, on said tax
books.
Supervisor Norton moved that commit
tee of three be appointed by the Chairman
to draft resolutions in approval OF the ac-
tions of the judges, jurors, and attorneys
| who had the courage to do their duty in
the anarchist cases. Motion carried.
The Chairman appointed Supervisors
| Norton, Rowland, and Runaway as such
committee.
The hour of 10 o'clock having arrived
the special order for that time was taken
up, and the board proceeded to select the
grand jurors for the year 1888, as follows
JANUARY TERM, 1888.
Bruce-M. j. Luther, H. j. Ryan, H. $
Jones.
Dayton-E. Fl. Strait.
Eagle-R L. Corners.
Farm Ridge. f. Ellsworth.
Freedom-William Pool.
Groveland--R. NJ. Clegg
Hope-W. G. White.
La Salle-Thomas Tregonning, Samuel
c. Lambe
Meriden-S p. Wangler.
Mission-Charles Rediield.
Northville-Adam Weller.
Osage-ThOmas Prendergast.
Ottawa-Willam j. Simon.
Otter Creek-James w. Stevenson.
Peru-Patrick Manning.
acknowledgements Gentert
Serena-fIavilah Hupp.
South Ottawa. Il. Lovejoy.
Wallace-Christopb Kenny.
Waltham-James Finley.
MARCH TERM, 1888.
Adams-Charles ID. Harmon.
AlleD--August Richards.
Deer Park-Albert T. Dimmick.
Dimmick-W. b. Cuthbertson.
Eagle--Walter Newport
Earl-David A. Town.
Eden-George A, McFersOn.
Fall River-GeOrge Galloway.
Grand Rapids-J. N. Hanna, John Muir,
ply,
Manlius-Jeremlah Higgins.
Mendota-W. w. Gilman, Matt Wilson.
Miller-Jobn L. Barber.
Ophir-D. W. Westgate.
Ottawa-F. G. King, Charles Metzger
Peru-Charles Herbolt, Adolph Hass.
Rutland-Freeman Wheeler.
Troy Grove-John Hochstatter.
Utica-Henry Schmeeting
Vermillion-W b. Bailey.
JUNE TERN, 1888.
Adams-C. NJ. Potter.
Allen-Marcus J. Lane.
Brookfield-Thomas Casey.
Bruce-William White, W. Ii. Minor.
Dayton-George Hayward.
Deer Park-Amos G. Baldwin.
Dimmick-J. J. Conerton.
Earl-A. A. Smale.
Eden--Byron Ford.
FreedOm-E. X. Fogg.
Groveland-Alfrea Natter.